Capitulary for Saxony

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Frankish royal decree capitulary legal text

The Capitulary for Saxony is a set of laws issued by Charlemagne to consolidate Frankish control and enforce Christianization in the newly conquered Saxon territories.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Carolingian capitularies	2
Capitularies of Charlemagne	1
Capitularies of the Carolingians	1
Capitulary for Saxony canonical	1
Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Frankish royal decree ⓘ capitulary ⓘ legal text ⓘ
aimedAt	integration of Saxons into the Frankish realm ⓘ suppression of pagan practices ⓘ
appliesToPeople	Saxons ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Saxony ⓘ
associatedWith	Carolingian expansion ⓘ Saxon Wars ⓘ
author	Charlemagne ⓘ
belongsTo	Carolingian capitularies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Carolingian Empire ⓘ surface form: Frankish Empire
hasLegalEffectOn	political organization of Saxony ⓘ religious practices in Saxony ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Carolingian era ⓘ
historicalSignificance	example of Carolingian use of law for religious policy ⓘ key document in the Christianization of Saxony ⓘ
issuedBy	Charlemagne ⓘ
issuedByGovernment	Carolingian period ⓘ surface form: Carolingian monarchy
language	Latin ⓘ
legalForm	capitulary ⓘ
legalStatus	royal legislation ⓘ
mainSubject	Christianization of Saxony ⓘ Frankish control over Saxony ⓘ
politicalFunction	imposition of Frankish authority ⓘ
purpose	consolidation of Frankish rule in Saxony ⓘ enforcement of Christian practices among Saxons ⓘ
region	Northern Europe ⓘ
relatedTo	Christianization of Germanic peoples ⓘ Frankish-Saxon relations ⓘ
religiousContext	Christianity ⓘ
religiousFunction	mandating conversion to Christianity ⓘ
timeOfOrigin	late 8th century ⓘ
typeOfLaw	penal law ⓘ religious law ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlemagne → notableWork → Capitulary for Saxony ⓘ

Carolingian Empire → legalSystem → Capitulary for Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitularies of the Carolingians

Christianization of Saxony → hasPart → Capitulary for Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae

Carolingian Christianity → promotedBy → Capitulary for Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carolingian capitularies

Carolingian aristocracy → documentedIn → Capitulary for Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitularies of Charlemagne

Admonitio Generalis → relatedTo → Capitulary for Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carolingian capitularies